We put 10 of the most common nutrition questions to Prof Grant Schofield and Dr Caryn Zinn. Here’s question 3: What is a healthy diet? A healthy diet is one that is low in human interference. In other words, it avoids the category of foods that we call ultra-processed...
95% of hypertension is of an unknown cause. Really?! It’s common medical understanding that ‘the primary cause of hypertension is unknown in 95% of cases’. This has always seemed puzzling. How is one of the most common conditions affecting...
When I first walked into Harry’s room in the intensive care unit on a morning shift, I could feel his palpable Mana. Harry was clearly a man of importance in his community. Many of his whānau were present and busying themselves tidying his belongings, anxious as...
Simon is passionate about preventing disease before it develops. Here he shares a quick insight into how dental health can be linked to cardiovascular disease and a quick tip on how to improve our dental health. You will see more of Simon in our Health...
One thing Lisa believes we are not talking about enough is sleep. Sleep Medicine is a rapidly evolving science.When we sleep our immune system is most active. If you’re sleep deprived your Natural killer cells, or NK cells, which patrol the body removing...
November 14th is World Diabetes Day – a day to promote action to confront diabetes as a global health issue. Over 425 million people are currently living with diabetes. Most of these cases are type 2 diabetes, which is a lifestyle disease. What that means is, it is...
